Hello again, my wdwmagic fam!
It's past time for me to post this pre-trip report, but since my trip countdown is sitting at 28 days as of this morning, I figured I better do it now!
Life with two kids under the age of 6 and a crazy last couple of months at work (because of being shorthanded) can really make a Disney trip sneak up on you fast. I know - what problem to have! I'm going to blink and it will be time to start packing! So, let's jump right in to it...
Here are the particulars for our upcoming trip:
Who: Me (Jon - WDW Fanatic), Brittany (my beautiful bride of 9 years), Grant (my 5 year old son), Garasyn (my 2 year old daughter), Scott (my father in law), Pam (my mother in law) and Brooke (my sister in law).
When: December 2-8, 2017
Where: Disney's Fort Wilderness Campground
What: 6 Day Park Hoppers
How: We driving from North Carolina
Why: Why the heck not?!?
Ok, so the plan is to actually leave early on the morning of Friday December 1 and drive all the way down to St. Augustine, FL and stop for the night at a favorite little spot of ours - Stagecoach RV Park. Scott, Pam and Brooke will be driving down in Scott's F350 pulling a 40 foot Fifth Wheel Camper, which we will be calling home for a week. Brittany, the kids and I will be following closely behind. I figured if we need to make a pit stop really quick, it won't be too hard to catch up with them. We are going to try to be as laid back as possible on this trip, so that's why we made Friday nothing but a travel day. We will take our time getting to St. Augustine, grab some dinner at a local establishment and probably crash early so we can get up and finish the trip to Walt Disney World first thing on Saturday morning. WDW is almost exactly 2 hours from St. Augustine, so the plan is to be pulling into our Preferred campsite at Fort Wilderness before (or around) lunch time. Hopefully the site will be ready in the loop we requested, which is closest to the marina. After setting up, the plan is to explore the gloriousness that is Fort Wilderness, hit the trading post and then hop a boat to the Contemporary Resort. Once we arrive at the Contemporary, we're going to resort hop along the monorail loop to look at all the Christmas decorations, etc at the Poly and Grand Flo. We don't have park tickets for Saturday because, like I said, the plan is to take it slow (at least at the beginning) and plus we have 6:15pm ADR's at one of our favorites... the Hoop Dee Doo Revue! If you've never done this dinner show, you're missing out! Sure, it' a little cheesy, but I promise you will laugh and leave with a belly full of delicious food.
The Magic Kingdom is open until midnight on that night, so I'm trying my best to convince everyone that it will be worth it to add an extra day to the park hoppers! It's like $20 a person for a night in the MK!! Come on, people, it's totally worth it! It's probably smarter to just chill after dinner and get to bed at a decent time so everyone can be rested up for our first day in the parks on Sunday. We'll see. Right now, I'll just say that Saturday night is TDB...
It's past time for me to post this pre-trip report, but since my trip countdown is sitting at 28 days as of this morning, I figured I better do it now!
Life with two kids under the age of 6 and a crazy last couple of months at work (because of being shorthanded) can really make a Disney trip sneak up on you fast. I know - what problem to have! I'm going to blink and it will be time to start packing! So, let's jump right in to it...
Here are the particulars for our upcoming trip:
Who: Me (Jon - WDW Fanatic), Brittany (my beautiful bride of 9 years), Grant (my 5 year old son), Garasyn (my 2 year old daughter), Scott (my father in law), Pam (my mother in law) and Brooke (my sister in law).
When: December 2-8, 2017
Where: Disney's Fort Wilderness Campground
What: 6 Day Park Hoppers
How: We driving from North Carolina
Why: Why the heck not?!?
Ok, so the plan is to actually leave early on the morning of Friday December 1 and drive all the way down to St. Augustine, FL and stop for the night at a favorite little spot of ours - Stagecoach RV Park. Scott, Pam and Brooke will be driving down in Scott's F350 pulling a 40 foot Fifth Wheel Camper, which we will be calling home for a week. Brittany, the kids and I will be following closely behind. I figured if we need to make a pit stop really quick, it won't be too hard to catch up with them. We are going to try to be as laid back as possible on this trip, so that's why we made Friday nothing but a travel day. We will take our time getting to St. Augustine, grab some dinner at a local establishment and probably crash early so we can get up and finish the trip to Walt Disney World first thing on Saturday morning. WDW is almost exactly 2 hours from St. Augustine, so the plan is to be pulling into our Preferred campsite at Fort Wilderness before (or around) lunch time. Hopefully the site will be ready in the loop we requested, which is closest to the marina. After setting up, the plan is to explore the gloriousness that is Fort Wilderness, hit the trading post and then hop a boat to the Contemporary Resort. Once we arrive at the Contemporary, we're going to resort hop along the monorail loop to look at all the Christmas decorations, etc at the Poly and Grand Flo. We don't have park tickets for Saturday because, like I said, the plan is to take it slow (at least at the beginning) and plus we have 6:15pm ADR's at one of our favorites... the Hoop Dee Doo Revue! If you've never done this dinner show, you're missing out! Sure, it' a little cheesy, but I promise you will laugh and leave with a belly full of delicious food.
The Magic Kingdom is open until midnight on that night, so I'm trying my best to convince everyone that it will be worth it to add an extra day to the park hoppers! It's like $20 a person for a night in the MK!! Come on, people, it's totally worth it! It's probably smarter to just chill after dinner and get to bed at a decent time so everyone can be rested up for our first day in the parks on Sunday. We'll see. Right now, I'll just say that Saturday night is TDB...
